Toronto promoted Weltman to general manager with a significant pay raise a year ago, and ultimately used that as leverage in extracting the draft pick out of Orlando. Weltman left Toronto for Orlando to have ultimate decision-making power over basketball operations, which Ujiri holds in Toronto.

The move invoked the NBA provision that Toronto and Orlando are not permitted to trade players with each other until the earlier of May 24, 2018, or the conclusion of the 2017-18 season for either organization, league sources told The Vertical’s Shams Charania.

In 2013, the Boston Celtics’ deal sending Doc Rivers to the Los Angeles Clippers also came with a one-year trade restriction between both teams.